Flevoland () is the twelfth and newest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder, were merged into one provincial entity. It is in the centre of the country in the former Zuiderzee, which was turned into the freshwater IJsselmeer by the closure of the Afsluitdijk in 1932. Almost all of the land belonging to Flevoland was reclaimed in the 1950s and 1960s while splitting the Markermeer and bordering lakes from the IJsselmeer. As to dry land, it is the smallest province of the Netherlands at , but not gross land
Flevoland is the Netherlands' newest province, created in 1986 from reclaimed land that was built up during the 1950s and 1960s in what was once a sea called the Zuiderzee. Though it is the smallest province by dry land area, it represents a remarkable feat of Dutch engineering and water management that transformed a former sea into usable territory.
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